methylamine Chem.
(ˈmɛθɪləmaɪn)
Also -min.
[f. methyl + amine.]
A compound in which one atom of the hydrogen in ammonia has been replaced by methyl. Also attrib.
| 1850 Daubeny Atom. Theory viii. (ed. 2) 239 Methylamine. 1873 Watts Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) 569 Methylamine nitrate. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 788 From decomposing fish..methylamine..cadaverine and putrescine were extracted. 1898 Ibid. V. 35 Methylamin, ammonia and sulphuretted hydrogen are also found [in the sputum of fetid bronchitis]. |